On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 18:04 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > tom wrote: > > Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > > > > r...@freedom:~# echo $PATH > > > > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games > > > > r...@freedom:~# > > > > > > You seemed to have modified root's default PATH. You should have the > > > directories listed in the error message, specifically the sbin > > > directories. Perhaps that is the result of a broken "sudo su" or similar? > > > > Thanks. Jordan. I just installed Lenny, and it's at default (I haven't > > touched it). Is this an issue that should be reported as a bug? > > If you had just installed Lenny then the path would be correct. > Therefore it is some modification since installation. Really! :-) > This is a very well tested part of the system. > > PATH is set when you log into your account in /etc/profile. You may > have modified that file or set something in /root/profile that > overrides the default PATH. On a fresh install the /etc/profile will > be copied from the template in the base-files package at > /usr/share/doc/base-files/profile and you can compare against it for > differences and update from it. Same for /root/.profile and > /usr/share/doc/base-files/dot.profile. > > Look in /etc/profile, /root/profile, /root/.bashrc and look for > anything that modifies PATH. If you are logging in as a non-root user > and then using su or sudo to switch users to root then look in those > accounts first. Something is modifying your PATH. > > Bob
Bob: Aahh, but I can screw up even the most bulletproof programming. Turns out I was not in the right directory to be running the command. Cute, eh? My apologies to the list. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1283474191.3274.9.ca...@freedom.lan.com
